According to Little's Law (L = lambda * W) applied to software factory queues, what occurs when the agent PR arrival rate (lambda) approaches or exceeds the human review rate (mu)?
The Economics and Failure Modes of Factories
Review time tripled while merges rose only 16 percent. Learn where factories break, how the bottleneck moves from writing to reviewing, and when not to build one.
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Platform engineering research from Port advises that teams building software factories should start with bounded workflows like automated security remediation and bounded chores. What is the primary rationale for this recommendation?
A team configures an agent fleet that generates 12 pull requests per day for an internal service. The team has two engineers who each spend one hour daily reviewing agent PRs at an average rate of 30 minutes per PR. What economic and operational consequence will occur if the team operates without backpressure gating?